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arXiv:1204.5848

Decision at the beam-splitter, or decision at detection, that is the question

Antoine Suárez

Published Apr 26, 2012• 5 citations
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Abstract

I argue that nonlocal decision of the outcomes at detection excludes any alternative theory to quantum mechanics: Not all that matters for the results of physical experiments is content in space-time, but all that is in space-time is accessible to observation.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.1204.5848

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